Malaysians jailed over RI maid rape<\/p>\n
A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced a man to 36 years' jail
\nand nine strokes of the rattan cane for raping his Indonesian
\nmaid, while his wife was jailed for six years for helping him, a
\nreport said.<\/p>\n
Seow Eng Aik, 37, was found guilty on three counts of raping
\nthe 19-year-old maid from the city of Semarang at his home in
\nnorthern Penang state last year, the Bernama news agency said.<\/p>\n
Seow's wife, Tan Seok Hoon, 37, was convicted of assisting in
\nthe attack.<\/p>\n
During the trial, the court heard that Tan had held the maid's
\nhands while her husband raped her, and also sexually violated her
\nusing chillies and a carrot.<\/p>\n
Deputy public prosecutor Abdul Razak Musa had asked the court
\nto impose a heavy sentence because the couple had committed
\nappalling acts and taken advantage of a vulnerable woman.<\/p>\n
Some 100,000 Indonesian maids work in Malaysia. They often
\nreceive a salary of just US$100 a month and many are forced to
\nwork long hours with little protection from labor laws.<\/p>\n
Cases of \"maid abuse\" emerge regularly here, including
\nincidents where young women are forced to eat excrement, drink
\nfrom toilet bowls, or are burned and beaten by both male and
\nfemale employers.<\/p>\n
International watchdog Human Rights Watch warned earlier this
\nyear that foreign maids in Malaysia are prey to physical,
\npsychological and sexual abuse because of flawed government
\npolicies.<\/p>\n
The New York-based group called on the government to give the
\ncountry's 240,000 domestic workers -- more than 90 percent of
\nthem from Indonesia -- the same protection as other employees.<\/p>\n
It said Indonesian maids typically work grueling 16 to 18 hour
\ndays, without even a day off.<\/p>\n
The low pay and poor working conditions offered in Malaysia
\nhave deterred Indonesian women from seeking employment here,
\nforcing recruiters to look further afield to Thailand, Cambodia
\nand Sri Lanka for new recruits. -- AFP<\/p>",
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